Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1986 Genre Puzzle Pacing Real-Time Perspective Top-down Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Tommy's Cat and Mouse is a shareware, single player, collection of games with a common theme all of which use character based graphics. All games are based on a randomly generated maze and are: The game generates a maze and the mouse finds its way out without any player interaction. This is effectively the game's demo mode. The game...
Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1986 Genre Action Perspective Side view Vehicular Flight / Aviation Description Tommy's Balloon is a single player, shareware game. The player pilots a balloon that drifts through a side scrolling cloudy sky. Beneath are mountains that must be avoided and on those mountains are nasty things that randomly shoot lightning bolts upwards. The objective is to survive in the sky as long as possible, the longer the player keeps the balloon in the sky the...
Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1986 Genre Strategy/Tactics Description Tommy's Ant Farm is a single person, shareware game which like all Tommy's games uses character graphics. The player takes the role of a black ant and the object is to sneak into the nest of the white ants and steal their eggs. Naturally these are guarded by both the white queen ant and her soldiers, contact with either is to be avoided. Points are scored for every 'clock tick' spent inside the nest and are...
Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1986 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Side view Description Tommy's Air Raid is a single-player, shareware, arcade style game with text graphics. In this game enemy bombers fly across the screen from left to right. The player controls a series of forty, yes forty, gun turrets spaced out across the bottom of the screen. They select a turret by scrolling left/right with the arrow keys, press the up arrow to make the turret pop up...
Platforms Amstrad CPC, DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum Developed by Iber Soft Published by Iber Soft Released 1989 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Side view Visual 2D scrolling Narrative Adult Description Toi Acid Game begins while the protagonist, the Toi, is having a date in a discotheque with his girlfriend, Zoi. And then, there appears the usual crazy scientist, in this case called Dr Acid, who kidnaps the hero's girlfriend with the intention to provide diversion to his diabolic...
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Official Site Toad Road Platform DOS Published by RufusPro Software Released 1990 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description True to form, this Frogger derivative stars a green little amphibian whose only ambition is to make it safely to the other side of the screen. You, the player, must guide it carefully across a multi-lane city street, hopefully without getting squished in the bustling traffic. Then it's on to the river, where our toadie must...
Platform DOS Published by International PC Owners Released 1982 Pacing Turn-based Perspective Top-down Genre Strategy/Tactics Interface Text Parser Gameplay Board Game Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Tic Tac Toe is a BASIC implementation of the familiar strategy game, where each player attempts to form a line of either noughts or crosses through the 3x3 game board. Two human players may challenge each other, or one may test his wits against the computer (the human player always goes...
Also For Amiga, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, Game Boy Advance, NES, PlayStation Developed by Cinemaware Corporation, Incredible Technologies, Inc. Published by Cinemaware Corporation Released 1987 Genre Action Gameplay Platform Perspective Side view Visual 2D scrolling Misc Licensed Description Stars of television and cinema, and now stars of their own video game. Join Moe, Larry & Curly (in no particular order) who must collect $5000 to try and save an orphanage and the young children who...
Developed by Golden Genius Platform DOS Published by Golden Genius Released 1995 Genre Action Gameplay Platform, Puzzle elements Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Setting Asia Description The Great Sage: Heaven's Equal is a 2D game very similar to Prince of Persia in presentation and gameplay. This Taiwanese video game for DOS uses Mandarin Chinese language in its intro and outro cutscenes, and was not released in the Western world. It shipped on six 5¼–inch floppy disks. Its...
Platform DOS Released 1993 Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Falling Block Puzzle Perspective Side view Interface Direct Control Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Tetrolis is a Tetris clone for up to two players. The game is played with blocks. There are 7 different types of blocks that you will encounter, and each has a different shape. The idea of the game is to fill a line of the pit, so that there will be no blocks left. Then the line disappears, and the rest of the blocks fall down by a...
Developed by HVB Software Platform DOS Published by HVB Software Released 1992 Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Falling Block Puzzle Perspective Side view Interface Direct Control Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description This Tetris version is an unofficial DOS adaptation of the puzzle game. At the top of the screen blocks appear one at a time. These blocks move slowly downwards where they pile up. The player can rotate and move the blocks so they form lines, which will then disappear. The longer...
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Platforms DOS, Linux, Windows Developed by Digital Nightmares Published by Lomax Software Released Oct, 1996 Gameplay Shooter Perspective 3rd-person (Other), Top-down Genre Action Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Interface Direct Control Visual 2D scrolling Vehicular Space Flight Description Terroid is a single person, top down, sideways scrolling, shareware, space shooter. The game plays much like R-Type and S.W.I.V. which is as the makers intended, with the player facing wave after wave of alien...
Developed by Cutlass Software Platform DOS Published by Cutlass Software Released 1992 Genre Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Cards / Tiles Description TeleCards is a set of card games that can be played against the computer or against another person via either a modem or a serial link. The three games available are Crazy Eights, Cribbage and Gin Rummy. They are played with the mouse and they can be saved and resumed at a later time. From Mobygames.com. Original Entry
Developed by Microsoft Platform DOS Published by IBM Released Mar, 1982 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description IBM's first BASIC Compiler for its PC (v1.00) comes bundled with a demonstration program, which succinctly goes by the name of Target . As might be inferred, this is a shooting gallery-type game: the player controls a ground-based mobile gun that can move left and right, trying to line up shots and hit the targets that cross...
Platform DOS Published by Tri-Cat Software Released 1995 Genre Action Perspective Top-down Vehicular Tank Description Tankgame is a freeware clone of the game Combat . It features a two-players mode and supports joysticks. Side notes : the game has sounds and is free but if you finish it and email the code from the 13th level to the author (Kirk Christiansen), he used to send extra codes and informations about a "deluxe version", with SoundBlaster support. From Mobygames.com. Original...
Platform DOS Released Mar 12, 1982 Genre Puzzle Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Switch is a translation of an old brain-teaser, also known as the 'leapfrog puzzle'. The are a two sets of pegs on the board - five red ones on the left, and five green ones on the right, with a single space in the middle. The idea is to fully switch the positions of the two groups by moving one peg at a time, with restrictions: pegs can only be moved into the blank space, either by a...
Platform DOS Published by Expert Source Code, Inc. Released 1990 Genre Strategy/Tactics Pacing Turn-based Perspective Top-down Description Super Maxit is a shareware, player vs computer, strategy game. The game is played out on a board which is divided into squares, there are different board shapes available but they all play the same. Each cell contains a number in the range plus thirty through to minus thirty. The players select a cell and press ENTER to get that number added to their score....
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Official Site Super Angelo Platforms Browser, DOS Developed by Wiering Software Published by Wiering Software Released Jun, 2001 Genre Action Gameplay Platform Perspective Side view Visual 2D scrolling Setting Fantasy Description Super Angelo is a shareware side-scrolling platform game closely resembling Super Mario Bros. in design, gameplay and story. It is based on the code of an earlier game by the same author, which is essentially an unofficial DOS version of Super Mario Bros. . Super...
Official Site Sudoku86 Platform DOS Released Jun 26, 2014 Genre Puzzle Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down Description Sudoku86 is a computer (mouse-driven) version of the well-known Sudoku games that use to be printed in magazines. Although designed in modern days, this game focuses on retro-playability. It's a 16-bit application using 320x200 graphic mode and 8086-compatible instructions. From Mobygames.com. Original Entry
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Platform DOS Published by International PC Owners Released Jan, 1983 Genre Educational Educational Geography Description An educational geography quiz game that, as heavily implied by its name, tests players on their knowledge of states and capitals within the USA. A map of the country is shown, complete with state borders, and on each turn a random state is highlighted. Depending on the chosen game mode, the player then has to input either the state's name, or its capital's name. After a...
Developed by Pelican Software Platform DOS Published by Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc. Released 1992 Genre Educational Perspective 3rd-person (Other) Educational Graphics / Art, Reading / Writing Description Spooky Kooky Monster Maker is an educational program for kids, designed to improve the creativity and writing skills. The main entertainment aspect of the game is creating own monster and writing a story (myth) about it. The creation process takes place on one of numerous available arenas and...
Developed by Ground Up Graphics Platform DOS Published by Ground Up Graphics Released May 15, 1996 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Top-down Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Description SPIN is a 2D, top-down space shooter. The player controls a space ship and it enters a solar system where the freighter lanes have been overrun by pirates. Your mission is to clear the freighter lanes and protect the freighters from the pirate ships who are looting the freighters. A radar in the top...
Platforms Apple II, Commodore 64, PC Booter Developed by Addictive Games Ltd Published by Addictive Games Ltd Released 1986 Genre Action Gameplay Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description You're a robotic insect, leading a normally happy life in your robotic jungle, when some of your robotic cousins decide to chew through the nearby citadel. Unfortunately for you, they're threatening to chew right through the reactor core! Capture...
Platform DOS Published by Omric Corporation Released 1982 Gameplay Vehicular Combat Simulator Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Strategy/Tactics Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Vehicular Space Flight Description Space Guardian is a clone of the old Star Trek text strategy game. As commander of the GUARDIAN, the player must find all ships of the Alien empire by locating them using the scanner, firing torpedoes while defending against enemy attacks by raising the...
Platform DOS Published by U.S.E.D. Software Released 1990 Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Falling Block Puzzle Perspective Side view Interface Direct Control Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description The Soviet Block is a single player, freeware, Tetris clone. While gameplay is virtually identical to other games of this genre this implementation does have some game configuration features worthy of note: The player can start at any level, there are ten in all The game speed can be adjusted to cater...
Developed by Impreso Team, Virtual Wave Entertainment Platform DOS Published by KOGA Publishing Released Oct, 1998 Genre Action Gameplay Beat 'em up / Brawler Perspective Side view Visual 2D scrolling Setting Fantasy Description A medieval fantasy beat-'em-up set in the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje, The Soul incorporates some RPG elements along with a non-linear structure. One or two players can choose from five playable characters: Won Sul Rang, Jeong Do Ryung, Hiromi, Heuk Chi Sang Chi...
Official Site Sorry Ass Platforms DOS, PC Booter Released Aug 17, 2016 Genre Action, Racing / Driving Gameplay Arcade Perspective Top-down Visual 2D scrolling Vehicular Automobile Description Written as a tribute for the 35th anniversary of the IBM PC (and DOS), this is a tiny reworking of Bill Gates ' only direct personal contribution to video game history - the BASIC demonstration Donkey from the very first versions of PC-DOS/MS-DOS. The game runs entirely off the 512-byte boot sector of a...
Official Site Sokoban Developed by Rebels Platform DOS Published by Rebels Released Aug 17, 2007 Genre Puzzle Perspective Top-down Interface Direct Control Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Sokoban (this version of it, anyway) is a compact implementation of the classic crate-pushing puzzler , squeezing the whole thing into a 1KB executable (with only 256 bytes of code - the rest is level data). Written in assembly and utilizing ASCII graphics, it puts you in the shoes of an average...
Developed by LocIS Platform DOS Published by LocIS Released 1990 Pacing Turn-based Perspective Side view Genre Strategy/Tactics Interface Direct Control Gameplay Board Game Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description SnakeWinder is an adaptation of Snakes and Ladders board game, where two players (human and AI) need to move the chip from a start of serpentine road to its finish. The task of the human is to reach the finish, the task of AI is to do not allow this. The road is a polygonal path with...
Developed by Gamos Ltd. Platform DOS Published by Gamos Ltd. Released 1992 Genre Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Fighting Perspective Top-down Description Snake Battle is a programming game where the player trains his own snake to participate in the snake battle matches. Each snake can have own color, programmed AI, and it is password-protected. Training is concluded in pre-defining the nine schemes of possible snake behaviours on the battlefield. The player does not control the snake directly. Each...
Also For Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Developed by Ocean Software Ltd. Published by Mastertronic, Inc. Released 1986 Genre Action, Sports Sport Baseball Description In this early UK-developed baseball simulation, one or two player matches can be played over 3,6 or 9 innings, with 3 different computer skill levels. The rules are explained by some introductory screens, and the game is fully faithful to these. Gameplay is in an arcade/action style, so you don't need...
Developed by Alex Software, Gamos Ltd. Platform DOS Published by Gamos Ltd. Released 1991 Gameplay Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter Perspective Side view Genre Action Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Interface Direct Control Visual 2D scrolling Description Sky Cat is an action game with puzzle elements, where the player controls the space probe "Sky Cat" on the mission to find and rescue hostages on the alien enemy base. The probe breaks through the base, shooting the enemies...
Platform DOS Released Apr, 1982 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description A simple target-shooting game: you're armed with a swiveling gun on the ground, while targets streak across the sky from left to right (the title may lead you to expect "clay pigeons", but they look like actual birds -- at least as far as ASCII would allow). The gun can be pointed in five different angles, and to get a good shot you'll have to aim...
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Developed by Apoky! Software Platform DOS Published by Apoky! Software Released 1998 Genre Action, Sports Gameplay Platform Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Sport Skateboarding Description Skate Boarding is a simple platform-style skateboarding game, similar to the newer OlliOlli , played only with the arrow keys. Ollie over obstacles and do impressive skateboard tricks in the air to score points. Crashing into an obstacle or failing to land a trick will send you back to the...
Developed by oP Group (Oehler & Partner Computer Creations & Virtuality) Platform DOS Published by NAVIGO Multimedia GmbH & Co. Produktions KG Released 1995 Genre Action Gameplay Shooter Perspective 1st-person Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Description The year 2010: computer-viruses have penetrated the network of the world's most important mega-computer. Everything, from food and energy supply over climate and traffic is depending on this machine. The only chance for humanity to...
Platform DOS Released May 14, 1990 Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Falling Block Puzzle Perspective Side view Interface Direct Control Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description SITris is a single-player, shareware, falling block game. This game is essentially a Tetris clone with virtually identical gameplay and some additional features. In this game the player can; redefine the action keys; choose whether the next piece is displayed; choose between regular, small, large, wide or skinny blocks; start...
Official Site Sint Nicolaas Platforms Android, Browser, DOS, Windows Developed by Wiering Software Published by Wiering Software Released 1998 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Platform Perspective Side view Visual 2D scrolling Description Sint Nicolaas has been robbed! The thieves have taken his big sack full of presents and gingerbread cookies. In their run however, they weren't careful and presents started dropping out of the sack. Now Sint only has to collect the fallen cookies and presents and...
Platform DOS Released Oct 01, 2017 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Hack and Slash, Platform Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Setting Fantasy Description This medievally-themed platformer offers precious little in terms of a plot, but the premise is straightforward enough: a well-meaning (but apparently silly) knight finds himself lost in the bowels of a labyrinthine castle. From there he must find his way to the throne room, where he seeks to park his gallant posterior. Equipped...
Platform DOS Released 1994 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Falling Block Puzzle, Tile Matching Puzzle Perspective Side view Interface Point and Select Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Shariki (Russian for the balls ) is one of the earliest titles based around the type of match-three game that was later popularized through Bejeweled and Candy Crush Saga . The game shows a board that consists of eight rows and eight columns filled with circles of different colours. The player has to create matches by...
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Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Published by Firebird Software Released 1989 Genre Action, Puzzle Pacing Real-Time Perspective 1st-person Gameplay Stealth Setting Fantasy Description A surreal and very original game by Geoff Crammond . The game plays out on a 3D landscape with hills and valleys made up of several levels. At the highest vantage point stands The Sentinel, a statue-like being with an energy draining stare, you begin at the lowest....
Also For Amiga, Atari ST, FM Towns, Macintosh, SEGA CD Developed by Lucasfilm Games LLC Published by Lucasfilm Games LLC Released 1990 Gameplay Graphic Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective 3rd-person (Other) Narrative Comedy Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy, Sea Pirates/Caribbean Interface Point and Select Visual 2D scrolling Description Deep in the Caribbean lies Melee Island, ruled by the governor Elaine Marley. The cruel pirate LeChuck is deeply in love with her - so deeply that he refuses...
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Developed by East Wing Software Platform DOS Released 1993 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Description SDI2040 is a shareware, single player, Space Invader clone . As is standard in such games, alien ships march back and forwards across the screen coming ever closer to the player's ship. The objective is to destroy all of them before they reach the bottom of the screen. There is a high score table and when the...
Developed by Gebelli Software, Inc. Platform PC Booter Published by IBM Released 1983 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Perspective Top-down Visual 2D scrolling Description In ScubaVenture you need to dive for treasures! Your goal is to earn as many points as possible by collecting rare fish and opening valuable treasure chests along the ocean floor. Each of the underwater caverns contains several locked treasure chests; keys for the chests can also be located somewhere in the cavern. By collecting...
Developed by Eldritch Games Platform DOS Published by Millennium Interactive Ltd. Released 1992 Genre Adventure Gameplay Puzzle elements Setting Interwar Narrative Detective / Mystery, Horror Description Daughter of the Serpent is a graphic adventure game with a point-and-click interface. An exotic, ancient city bustling with life. A strange, unnatural creature. A murder. And you, on a business trip to Alexandria, Egypt, suddenly involved in the case of a mysterious cult that deals with strange...
Developed by Softdisk Publishing Platform DOS Published by Softdisk Publishing Released Sep, 1990 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Description This game centers around rearranging the letters of words. It has several different modes. In the standard game, a word is presented and the player must find as many words as possible by mixing around letters from the word. In the "anagrams only" game, things work much like the standard game, but the...
Also For Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Atari ST Developed by U.S. Gold Ltd. Published by U.S. Gold Ltd. Released 1992 Genre Strategy/Tactics Pacing Turn-based Perspective Top-down Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Misc Licensed Description Scrabble is a licensed version of the popular Spear's game developed by U.S. Gold Ltd. Scrabble is a word game for 2 - 4 players. It is played by forming inter-locking words, cross-word style, on a Scrabble playing board. The Scrabble board is a grid on which...
Platform DOS Released Sep, 1987 Genre Simulation Pacing Real-Time Perspective Top-down Gameplay Managerial / Business Simulation Description A traffic control simulation in which the player must manage the flow of vehicles throughout a busy city block, during the rush hours of 7:00-9:00 AM. Every car has a particular destination, and as the clock ticks, traffic density increases and the streets jam up. Score is determined by the number of waiting cars during each game minute (the lower, the...
Developed by Data Wave Software Technology Platform DOS Released 1993 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Falling Block Puzzle Perspective 3rd-person (Other) Description Rotaktix is a single-player, shareware, tile matching game. The game area is divided into a play area with nine columns, a status bar on the left, and a bar containing tiles/tokens across the top. The player uses the left/right arrows to slide the bar at the top of the screen so that when the tiles drop they form lines of three or more....
Platform DOS Released 1992 Genre Action Gameplay Shooter Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Roboto is a single-player shareware game, similar to Robotron 2084 . The object of this keyboard controlled shooter game is to stay alive while surrounded by baddies. The game starts with the player's character in the centre of the screen. Baddies warp into the game area in random positions and the player must shoot them all before they are shot or caught. The game is keyboard...
Platforms CD-i, DOS Developed by Philips Sidewalk Studio Published by American Interactive Media, Inc. Released 1991 Genre Adventure, Educational Perspective Side view, Top-down Educational Pre-school / Toddler Misc Licensed Description Richard Scarry's Best Neighborhood Disc Ever! is an edutainment title for children based on a book by Richard Scarry. In the game players explore Busytown, a fictional place where there's always a lot going on. The whole town comes to life in cartoon animations....
Developed by QQP Platform DOS Published by QQP Released 1993 Genre Role-Playing (RPG) Perspective Top-down Setting Fantasy Description You are in the land Darkmoore which is reigned by the evil Lexnor. And because you are playing an RPG you have to defeat him. For this purpose you travel through Darkmoore to conquer dungeons and maximize your fame. You can choose between five classes. The screen is divided into two parts. On the left side is always our hero, the right side is reserved for...
Developed by RedCat Software Platform DOS Published by RedCat Software Released 1995 Genre Action, Adventure Gameplay Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements Perspective Side view Description This is the second Redcat game, similar to the first one. In this game, princess Dana has been kidnapped and it's up to Redcat to save her. The game plays a lot like the first Redcat game. You play as Redcat, who has to fight through seven levels to rescue the princess. During these levels, you will have to kill...
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